Longest trip with your Ev?

[andyG59]

My longest is 4,000 miles (one of the charging stops in the profile pic) with a '21 Mach E Select, standard range battery from Florida to Wisconsin through Minnesota to Iowa and back to Florida, with side trips, over a three weeks period. Over 50 charging stops ranging from a 120V outlet at a Lake Okiboji camp, L2 at a hotel and air-bnb, to using 16 different DCFC networks (screenshot of Numbers sheet attached). Pluses were plenty of charging options within our human needs range. Minus and pain points was listening to the car nav and driving past several known to us positive experiences locations to what we discovered was a poorly functioning Blink charger at a Waffle House, and the backup lcoation Tesla V3 across the road had a line. So we were driving to the next town to a V4/EA with a uncomfortably low SOC. Otherwise we experienced a few lines but had plenty of battery to drive to the next places. Benefit was that it looks like our camera issues (by dealership replacing a wiring harness under warranty) were finally fixed, the car worked flawlessly the whole trip.

 

[HK64_L]

I can't compete with that, but to answer the question - ~330 miles! I'm the only driver in the family because my wife never learned to drive. Our summer outings average ~240 miles each way from Stowmarket (UK) to Liverpool, and this year we added a drive to Plymouth - hence the longest drive! My M3 Highland required a few charges so they were factored in. We stop at the services about every 2 hours for the call of nature + coffee + food. I invariably pay for one month of premium connectivity for the few extra features that help on such journeys. We generally get quite good efficiency on these trips - usually about 5+ in summer, and once I got 6 miles/kWh. [BTW, for the older folk amongst you, the Liverpool trip is to where I lived ..... just along the road from John Lennon at the same time and a walk from Paul M's place. We went to the same school at the same time. Sorry - OT!]

 

[bwilson4web]

Not the longest day trip, November 13:

• Left at 9:30 AM, home again 7:30 PM, 10 hour day
  • Two hour meeting Montgomery plus cat nap, and meal, saved $5,000 tax bill
• Total 375 miles
  • 375/(10-2)=46.875 mph
• SuperCharger costs $12.01+$4.00+$4.05+$9.86=$29.92
  • ($29.92/375)*100=$7.98/100 miles

Called Montgomery and "we take walk-ins." So at 9 AM, dressed and on the road 30 minutes later. Arrived 2 PM and had a very successful meeting, corrected tax returns and saved $5,000. Return drive through Birmingham rush hour traffic, piece of cake with Full Self Driving (FSD.)

Bought the car in March 2019 for AutoPilot and affordable miles. At age 75, it supports my independent lifestyle with affordable, easy, rides on short notice. However, did get one FSD "strike."

FSD can give up to 5 strikes before a week 'time out' ages them out. This strike happened just after Birmingham rush hour traffic. Probably due to me looking around too much instead of just straight ahead and letting the car do the driving.

Counter intuitive, I could have gone faster by adding charging stops to maximize the charging rate with shorter but higher power charging. But it was a beautiful day and I was in no rush. Solar charging before I left and recharge once the Sun comes up keeps the cost per mile down. But had I driven down pre-sunrise, I would have seen lower than the $0.33-$0.39/kWh SuperCharger rate and avoided the urban rush hour traffic.

Bob Wilson